Atari Anniversary Edition

2001 video game compilation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Atari Anniversary Edition is a 2001 video game compilation of Atari arcade games, developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Infogrames Interactive.

Release
June 26, 2001
  • Windows
    • NA: June 26, 2001[1]
    • EU: December 14, 2001
    • AU: February 8, 2002[2]
    Dreamcast
    PlayStation
    Game Boy Advance
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Atari Anniversary Edition
North American Dreamcast box art
DeveloperDigital Eclipse[a]
PublisherInfogrames Interactive[b]
PlatformsWindows, Dreamcast, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance
Release
June 26, 2001
  • Windows
    • NA: June 26, 2001[1]
    • EU: December 14, 2001
    • AU: February 8, 2002[2]
    Dreamcast
    PlayStation
    Game Boy Advance
GenreVarious
ModeSingle-player
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Features

Atari Anniversary Edition features twelve Atari arcade games from over the years within an arcade-based setting. Alongside the games are other features, including interviews with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, box artworks and manuals, among other special features.

The Microsoft Windows version is a single disc repackage of two previous Atari compilations released by Hasbro Interactive:[9] Atari Arcade Hits, released on 5 July 1999,[10] and Atari Arcade Hits 2, released in 2000. A similar compilation, Atari Greatest Hits, was also released in 2000, and was simply both volumes packaged together as a 2-CD set.[11] The games from both discs were compiled into one for the Dreamcast version, which was only released in North America. The PlayStation version was released as Atari Anniversary Edition Redux, and is similar to the Dreamcast version but has a slightly altered game list, with Millipede and Crystal Castles replaced with Black Widow and Space Duel.

The Game Boy Advance version was released under the title of Atari Anniversary Advance. This version contains the same games as Volume 1 of Atari Arcade Hits, but Pong is replaced with Battlezone. It also includes an after-market level replacement hack of Tempest titled "Tempest Tubes", as well as a "Trivia Challenge", which consists of questions about Atari and its 1980s video games.[12]

List of games

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Games Windows Dreamcast PlayStation GBA
Asteroids (1979) Volume 1 Yes Yes Yes
Asteroids Deluxe (1981) Volume 2 Yes Yes No
Battlezone (1980) Volume 2 Yes Yes Yes
Black Widow (1983) No No Yes No
Centipede (1981) Volume 1 Yes Yes Yes
Crystal Castles (1983) Volume 2 Yes No No
Gravitar (1982) Volume 2 Yes Yes No
Millipede (1982) Volume 2 Yes No No
Missile Command (1980) Volume 1 Yes Yes Yes
Pong (1972) Volume 1 Yes Yes No
Space Duel (1982) No No Yes No
Super Breakout (1978) Volume 1 Yes Yes Yes
Tempest (1981) Volume 1 Yes Yes Yes
Warlords (1981) Volume 2 Yes Yes No
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Notes

  1. Additional work for the PlayStation version done by Infogrames Sheffield House.
  2. The PlayStation version was released under the Atari brand name in Europe.

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